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let us not minimize that in any way. one of the benefits is we must be clear that the leaders and people of afghanistan that it is absolutely crucial that they're able to look at the their own affairs and security. that it is not possible for the united kingdom and not possible for other countries to take on ourselves the bird and other security and that famil indefin. and we are there indefinitely until it is possible for them to manage their own security. we have every right to expect it to be in that time. and i think it does and testify -- intensified the pressure or the target to be met by 2014 and met along the way. we do not want anyone to think that it is possible for british forces to be deployed in this way. to >> i am sure you would agree that to achieve success in afghanistan we had to provide a reasonable degree of security in that country, and i am sure that you would agree that a fundamental aspect of that is effect across the border security cooperation between afghanistan and pakistan? do you agree that
let us not minimize that in any way. one of the benefits is we must be clear that the leaders and people of afghanistan that it is absolutely crucial that they're able to look at the their own affairs and security. that it is not possible for the united kingdom and not possible for other countries to take on ourselves the bird and other security and that famil indefin. and we are there indefinitely until it is possible for them to manage their own security. we have every right to expect it to...
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we want a partner with us. we are concerned about the delays but we point out that that government has done a pretty good job, services are continuing to flow, and the iraqis are working out a long process. it is frustrating to all but it shows the real politics is under way and that people are engaging. in our military involvement goes down and are civilian engagement -- can you talk about that? >> yes, sir. five going to plan for locations outside the baghdad, and three embassy offices with robust political reporting, economic and assistance activities, rule of law as well, and rights monitoring. other than basra, they will be primarily in the north. we will also use several of them along with baghdad. there will be platforms for the police training programs. those programs, the state department will pick up from the military in 2011. we're looking at several foreign -- several hundred police advisers, including fire personnel, and securities and logistics personnel, with a wide variety of sites. that is an e
we want a partner with us. we are concerned about the delays but we point out that that government has done a pretty good job, services are continuing to flow, and the iraqis are working out a long process. it is frustrating to all but it shows the real politics is under way and that people are engaging. in our military involvement goes down and are civilian engagement -- can you talk about that? >> yes, sir. five going to plan for locations outside the baghdad, and three embassy offices...
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thanks for joining us. my name is nathaniel fick, i am ceo for the center of a new american securities. it is a pleasure to have all of you here for this important and timely conversation. 90 months after the beginning of operation iraqi freedom, we sit here within a couple weeks of the transition to operation new dawn. the u.s. will have 50,000 troops in iraq on september 1, on track to end the u.s. military presence in the close of 2011. it seems almost impossible in good as compared with the dark days of 2006 and 2007 that many of us remember. yet the challenges and questions remain. the iraqi government seems deadlocked five months after the national elections. just this week the talks and alawi brokesmalaki down today. as a bombing in baghdad of sutta recruitment center pkg -- outside of an army recruitment center. the iraqi army chief of staff had said u.s. forces need to remain in iraq until 2020. president obama has said that we have not seen the end of american sacrifice in iraq. we are here today
thanks for joining us. my name is nathaniel fick, i am ceo for the center of a new american securities. it is a pleasure to have all of you here for this important and timely conversation. 90 months after the beginning of operation iraqi freedom, we sit here within a couple weeks of the transition to operation new dawn. the u.s. will have 50,000 troops in iraq on september 1, on track to end the u.s. military presence in the close of 2011. it seems almost impossible in good as compared with the...
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that is very dear to us. we cannot hold that unless we teach our people what that means and to respect one another, while also a hearing to our own faith. an understanding that deeply and practicing it. >> a final word. >> let me address your question because i am a pastor as well as president of the interfaith alliance. i'm a pastor in monroe, louisiana. it is not the hotbed of liberalism in this nation, but i would not say anything here that i would not say in the pulpit to my congregation. there is the implication that if you are going to talk about into religious cooperation, that is an addendum to what you are talking about what questions would say is the gospel. and that is a fallacy. it is not an addendum. it is at the heart of what we are talking about. if someone in our congregations says you need to be preaching the gospel, we are preaching the gospel. it is not exclusive. it is inclusive. it is not about hate. it is about love. you have to understand, please, that the people standing here right now
that is very dear to us. we cannot hold that unless we teach our people what that means and to respect one another, while also a hearing to our own faith. an understanding that deeply and practicing it. >> a final word. >> let me address your question because i am a pastor as well as president of the interfaith alliance. i'm a pastor in monroe, louisiana. it is not the hotbed of liberalism in this nation, but i would not say anything here that i would not say in the pulpit to my...
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to some many of us, we did to so many of us, she is a role model. she is a mentor, teacher, coach and a dear friend. please join me in welcoming her. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. i am here on behalf of the secretary of defense. mr. gates was not available today and so he asked me to come in and provide some opening remarks on behalf of the department. i am very pleased to do so. thank you, general sudden, for those very kind words and that wonderful introduction. good morning to everyone. welcome to this second annual conference on suicide prevention. it is the only conference established to specifically address the issue of suicide in the military and a veteran population. it is very important that you all are here. it is quite obvious that you care and you spend many of your days and nights caring about this issue and making a difference and the lives of our service members and veterans and their families. i want to thank the distinguished guests who are here who were mentioned earlier and of course, i would like to thank the chairman of
to some many of us, we did to so many of us, she is a role model. she is a mentor, teacher, coach and a dear friend. please join me in welcoming her. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. i am here on behalf of the secretary of defense. mr. gates was not available today and so he asked me to come in and provide some opening remarks on behalf of the department. i am very pleased to do so. thank you, general sudden, for those very kind words and that wonderful introduction. good morning to...
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them, do you want us here? of -- you ask them, do you want us here? of course not. but if you listen to the rest of the sentence -- we would rather you not be here, but we're glad that you are here now and we look toward your departure. nothing is said so simply as a sound bite. we tried to sound bite it back in their own capitals. -- back in our own capitals. they deeply appreciate our intent. they're looking forward to the day that they can take over. >> before i open it up to the audience, i would like to follow up on that. you concluded your presentation referring to one of the greatest threats that still remains, the lack of an accepted governance. obviously, your operation was to create the conditions [unintelligible] there has been a lot of focus and discussion over the concern of afghan ministries in government and being able to pick up that part of the equation. how did you see this as you were winding a pure tour given part of the ability to withdraw successfully and having the afghans picked up the responsibility. what you see coming out of cobkabul compa
them, do you want us here? of -- you ask them, do you want us here? of course not. but if you listen to the rest of the sentence -- we would rather you not be here, but we're glad that you are here now and we look toward your departure. nothing is said so simply as a sound bite. we tried to sound bite it back in their own capitals. -- back in our own capitals. they deeply appreciate our intent. they're looking forward to the day that they can take over. >> before i open it up to the...
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they use it. when the train is moving, they jump on the train because it helps them to move to their destination. the danish cartoon crisis was taken advantage of by certain people with certain agendas to push their agenda. we have to understand the political forces behind it, the religious forces beyond it, the social forces behind it and manage it. does not about fixing things, is about managing. >> there will always be people with agendas. it might be the danish cartoonist for the pastor in florida, if he had gone ahead with his terrible threat to burn the qur'an, there would have been people who exploited that. where are the voice is pushing back? health and strengthen the voices who would say that what has been said is all full but this is not a justification. this is not a license for committing acts of violence against innocent people. what can we do to strengthen the hands of those people? >> we have to be strategic rather than reactive. a lot of what i have seen has been reactive. we need
they use it. when the train is moving, they jump on the train because it helps them to move to their destination. the danish cartoon crisis was taken advantage of by certain people with certain agendas to push their agenda. we have to understand the political forces behind it, the religious forces beyond it, the social forces behind it and manage it. does not about fixing things, is about managing. >> there will always be people with agendas. it might be the danish cartoonist for the...
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indeed the whole idea has been using our intelligence, using our data bases, using the crossover between different intelligence gathering agencies that may have seen themselves as foreign or domestic, by making sure that we were bringing all of that data to bear. we were making a threat-based scenario-based division between passengers that could easily bored and passengers who deserved more attention. that has been the focus of our efforts since december 25. how do you make reasonable intelligence-based divisions between passengers as they arrive and purchased a ticket and arrive at the airport as they go through a screening, as they board the airplane and indeed actually in-flight? as i mentioned earlier, to get into the global aviation system at any airport, you potentially have access to the whole system. since january, in close coordination with the international civil aviation organization, i have taken part in five regional aviation security summits on five continents. and literally we have gone from europe, which was the first one, several weeks after september -- december 25, to
indeed the whole idea has been using our intelligence, using our data bases, using the crossover between different intelligence gathering agencies that may have seen themselves as foreign or domestic, by making sure that we were bringing all of that data to bear. we were making a threat-based scenario-based division between passengers that could easily bored and passengers who deserved more attention. that has been the focus of our efforts since december 25. how do you make reasonable...
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it is a concern to us. leave it is a great example. what we just instituted, the ability for the afghan national army and the police to request a schedule for units, so that if they want to go to the self, which is what we have been running recently, they can charter an airplane that will go down and pick up soldiers and bring them back. we have a designated transition location at the airfield where we receive them and let them go out on leave, and when they leave is up, we will get another charter airplane and return them back to their location. that had not been in effect. we are hoping that this will enable us to get some of these issues that we have seen in the past where soldiers have wanted to go home and had a challenge getting there and back. >> how does your time line of october of next year match up with the president's wish to start reducing american forces by july? what steps have you taken to improve security vetting of the troops? >> first of all, the growth development plan in place is based
it is a concern to us. leave it is a great example. what we just instituted, the ability for the afghan national army and the police to request a schedule for units, so that if they want to go to the self, which is what we have been running recently, they can charter an airplane that will go down and pick up soldiers and bring them back. we have a designated transition location at the airfield where we receive them and let them go out on leave, and when they leave is up, we will get another...
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it brings us back to this question. if the main priority is to deny a al qaeda training camps in afghanistan, perhaps there is an inconsistency in having a timetable. we do not know if we will succeed by 2014 or 2015. are you absolutely clear that, if we have not achieved our objective by 2015, we will be withdrawing regardless of whether we have achieved our objective? >> i do not want anyone to have any doubts about this. we will be fulfilling the prime minister's commitment. he is very clear that there will not be british troops in a combat role in afghanistan by 2015. we are very clear about it. of course, there could be some troops in a training role and in diplomatic relations in the longer term, as we have with other countries. but we do not want to be fighting in afghanistan any longer than is necessary. i understand your skepticism. it is a totally legitimate question. there have been so many difficult questions for -- difficult decisions for our predecessors to make. it is entirely understandable that there is
it brings us back to this question. if the main priority is to deny a al qaeda training camps in afghanistan, perhaps there is an inconsistency in having a timetable. we do not know if we will succeed by 2014 or 2015. are you absolutely clear that, if we have not achieved our objective by 2015, we will be withdrawing regardless of whether we have achieved our objective? >> i do not want anyone to have any doubts about this. we will be fulfilling the prime minister's commitment. he is very...
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host: can you tell us what you did? caller: i worked the code machines in the confidential coatroom. host: you cannot tell us too much. [laughter] caller: it has been too long ago anyway. it has been too long ago to remember much about it, but i worked the machines. guest: when you talk about unsung heroes, you are one of them. thank you for what you have done. host: earl morse, thank you for stopping by today. the website is honorflight.org we have a link on our website. >> tonight, the funding and expanding broadband interborough areas with the former fcc commissioner and director of the rural utilities service on "the communicators." >> on tuesday, the bbookings institution exports current challenges to good governance and ways of strengthening. government. on tuesday night, a debate among the four candidates running for the republican race in south carolina to replace mark sanford. >> anthony kennedy on the prospect of a new justice. >> it is stressful for us. we so admire our colleagues that we wonder if it will ev
host: can you tell us what you did? caller: i worked the code machines in the confidential coatroom. host: you cannot tell us too much. [laughter] caller: it has been too long ago anyway. it has been too long ago to remember much about it, but i worked the machines. guest: when you talk about unsung heroes, you are one of them. thank you for what you have done. host: earl morse, thank you for stopping by today. the website is honorflight.org we have a link on our website. >> tonight, the...
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that work will bring us future airmen. in all these commitments, you are walking the walk and setting the example for this next, greatest generation. finally, especially in the middle of our difficult work in iraq and afghanistan, over the past several years, thank you for helping to build the supportive american public that understands the importance of our military institutions, what they mean to our society, the depth of our commitment to the nation, and the sacrifices made by our military members and their families. i ask that you continue to frame these issues accordingly in the public debate. in the local communities that you serve, and in the minds of all americans, we owe a debt of gratitude to the american legion for 92 years of unwavering support of veterans by veterans. take pride in the fact that your steadfast support and strong national defense, your unwaveringly advocacy for a well-prepared force, has made a difference to the united states air force. thank you for having me. it is an honor to serve alongside
that work will bring us future airmen. in all these commitments, you are walking the walk and setting the example for this next, greatest generation. finally, especially in the middle of our difficult work in iraq and afghanistan, over the past several years, thank you for helping to build the supportive american public that understands the importance of our military institutions, what they mean to our society, the depth of our commitment to the nation, and the sacrifices made by our military...
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the drums were used during my time in pakistan. -- the drone used, and with some excellent effects. that program has been ramped up. it is only part of our strategy and must be carefully modulated and coordinated. it is a significant tool. host: how would you assess the current pakistan-u.s. civilian government? is a strong enough to withstand pressure from military or intelligence? guest: governance has been a johns almost from the creation of the state, particularly between civilians and military. i was there when miss sharp was also the president. those tensions were submitted -- when mushareff was president. the government faces challenges. there have been the terrific floods.. their ability to govern effectively is very much in question. i have seen fairly encouraging indications that tensions between the civilian government and the uniformed military and intelligence services have been fairly well managed so far. but the tension is always there. host: today is the beginning of the 10th year of the war in afghanistan. where do we stand? are we successful? guest: i thinke're mak
the drums were used during my time in pakistan. -- the drone used, and with some excellent effects. that program has been ramped up. it is only part of our strategy and must be carefully modulated and coordinated. it is a significant tool. host: how would you assess the current pakistan-u.s. civilian government? is a strong enough to withstand pressure from military or intelligence? guest: governance has been a johns almost from the creation of the state, particularly between civilians and...
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host: we appreciate you being here to tell us about your organizations that use. guest: thank you very much. host: and thank you for being with us this morning. we will be back tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. see you then. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . >> bp plans to use the giant shares to cut the leaking pipe in the cost. this is live video. the associated press reports that the top executive says the oil company was on prepared to fight a catastrophic spill and engineers are forced to reconfigure plans. yesterday, a saw was used. we will get a progress report from thad allen in just under 50 minutes, here on c-span. president obama meets with the governor of arizona to talk about the new immigration law of that state. that means is happening at 1:30 p.m. eastern. the governor is expected to comment following the meeting. before that, white house spokesman robert gibbs will brief reporters. that is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. eastern. secretary of state hillary clinton
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we use the phrase decoupling and we use it a few different ways. decoupling for utilities just makes us and different. my thought is, if you can get anybody thinking about anything been done from indifference. nothing. >> that things. >> an artist things. -- anarchist things. >> decoupling as fine but beyond that, putting money into a nuclear plant, we should have the idea to put $10 billion into energy efficiency put it you get those right, at the end of the day, i would much rather spend $10 billion on energy efficiency than on one plant. it is not just decoupling, it is getting it right and letting us bring capital in the scale that we have to the jobs. >> it is like the ecosystem derives from logic. you wanted to add something. >> there were comments about the role of the government. i am the only government person out here so i thought i would comment. if you look at the innovation that has happened over the last 30 years or 40 years, the biggest player in the game is the internet. where did it start? 1968 because of funding from the governmen
we use the phrase decoupling and we use it a few different ways. decoupling for utilities just makes us and different. my thought is, if you can get anybody thinking about anything been done from indifference. nothing. >> that things. >> an artist things. -- anarchist things. >> decoupling as fine but beyond that, putting money into a nuclear plant, we should have the idea to put $10 billion into energy efficiency put it you get those right, at the end of the day, i would much...
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if they keep us free and they keep us going every day. a couple questions about iraq. first, do you think that the andror groups hamas hezbollah are in iraq? are they the ones murdering and slaughtering iraqi christians? the other question is in afghanistan, is it not true that pakistan and india are doing a sort of war against each other in afghanistan and we are getting caught between them? i think india is sneaking in and their terrorist instigators into afghanistan. host: we have to leave it there. you have to keep your answers short. guest: hezbollah model from iran was injected to some degree in the training and arming of the special groups of iraqi shiite extremists who were fighting the united states and iraqi government and the sunnis, but we defeated them when the first iraqi division went down and took out the mahdi army. there were hezbollah elements in the training of the so-called army special groups. i have not seen a strong presence of indian espionage in the afghanistan theater. thanks for bringing it back. to the back this book is a tribute to 2 milli
if they keep us free and they keep us going every day. a couple questions about iraq. first, do you think that the andror groups hamas hezbollah are in iraq? are they the ones murdering and slaughtering iraqi christians? the other question is in afghanistan, is it not true that pakistan and india are doing a sort of war against each other in afghanistan and we are getting caught between them? i think india is sneaking in and their terrorist instigators into afghanistan. host: we have to leave...
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on theondents joining us phone. thank you for being with us. let's begin first with the meeting that will take place today at the white house. the first with john boehner, senator mcconnell and his counterparts on the democratic side. what is on the agenda with regards to the pay freeze in the debt? >> robert gibbs made it clear that the top priority is talking about the economy and taxes. all lot of people are speculating that the paper used was away for the president to get the jump on the way -- the pay freeze was a way for the president to get a jump proving he is serious about the budget. >> let's look at the numbers in terms of federal employees. and 2009 the average salary is just over 74,000 for a federal worker compared to close to 62,000 in 2005. there are 4.4 million government employees. the pay freezeould include 2.2 million employees. >> of the white house is saying you have to start somewhere. you have to show you are serious out reining in spending if you want to cut down the deficit. what this has done is really infuriates the
on theondents joining us phone. thank you for being with us. let's begin first with the meeting that will take place today at the white house. the first with john boehner, senator mcconnell and his counterparts on the democratic side. what is on the agenda with regards to the pay freeze in the debt? >> robert gibbs made it clear that the top priority is talking about the economy and taxes. all lot of people are speculating that the paper used was away for the president to get the jump on...
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some of us are used to be a gold name. when we use it, they say that is being xenophobic. i do not say it that way. i m -- i am for no cap. there is no cap if there is negligence involved. oehner was critical of that. among is that what he said -- >> is that what he said? bp and the taxpayer should be footing the bill? was that the same statement? i am asking. i disagree. >> do you think -- is the congressman during in the way by calling officials from the coast guard ndp appear when they should be out in the gulf? up hy shouldn't be out in the gulf? among no. -- >> no. we need to get a thought. people are jumping to conclusions. we cannot act upon this until we know what is happening here. what we learned in that time is that bp represented wrong with what their technology could do. there represented wrongly the amount of oil spewing forth into the gulf. the continued to do so. scientists have an update on that that is much higher than what bp said. pgain, when they start telling you to cut your hair and some golf balls on diapers for the cleanup, you know that is not the
some of us are used to be a gold name. when we use it, they say that is being xenophobic. i do not say it that way. i m -- i am for no cap. there is no cap if there is negligence involved. oehner was critical of that. among is that what he said -- >> is that what he said? bp and the taxpayer should be footing the bill? was that the same statement? i am asking. i disagree. >> do you think -- is the congressman during in the way by calling officials from the coast guard ndp appear...
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thank you for joining us. it's my privilege to have the opportunity to introduce to you general douglas fraser who is the commander of u.s. southern command and by circumstance, happened to be in washington, d.c. when the earthquake hit haiti. as most of you in this room know, as the commander of u.s. southern command, he will be the person in charge of the d.o.d. effort as we provide support and assistance to haiti and he has to get back to his command to oversee that effort but before he left, he has offered to give us about 30 minutes to answer some of your questions. so with that, general, thank you for taking your time. i know you're busy, we appreciate it. >> thanks very much. it's a pleasure to be with you. first i want to reiterate just from the united states southern command standpoint and the department of defense standpoint, our prayers and condolences go out to the citizens of haiti and all the other partners who are there. it's a horrific event that they've suffered through and we're working every
thank you for joining us. it's my privilege to have the opportunity to introduce to you general douglas fraser who is the commander of u.s. southern command and by circumstance, happened to be in washington, d.c. when the earthquake hit haiti. as most of you in this room know, as the commander of u.s. southern command, he will be the person in charge of the d.o.d. effort as we provide support and assistance to haiti and he has to get back to his command to oversee that effort but before he...
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to use nuclear weapons. the political influence of the states has prevented the iaea from performing its mandates, particularly with regard to articles four and six of the treaty and has caused the agency to deviate from conducting its authorized mission. in particular, how could the government of the united states. member of the board of governors while it has not only used nuclear bombs against japan but also used depleted uranium weaponry in iraq. 7, the cessation of all kinds of nuclear cooperation with non- member states of npt and the adoption of the effective punitive measures against all those states which continue their cooperation with such non- member space. 8, considering any threat to use nuclear weapons or attack against peaceful nuclear facilities as a breach of international peace and security and swift reaction from the united nations through the termination of all cooperation of np membert states with the threatening aggressor. 9, immediate and unconditional implementation of the resolution
to use nuclear weapons. the political influence of the states has prevented the iaea from performing its mandates, particularly with regard to articles four and six of the treaty and has caused the agency to deviate from conducting its authorized mission. in particular, how could the government of the united states. member of the board of governors while it has not only used nuclear bombs against japan but also used depleted uranium weaponry in iraq. 7, the cessation of all kinds of nuclear...
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who went before us. and i'd be happy to yield to my good friend from louisiana. mr. scalise: you know when you look at these charts, all it really is -- you know, this is a reflection of what really happened historically. you know, they say if you don't learn from the mistakes of history, you're doomed to repeat them. and so you can flip that around and say, if you go look at what's always been proven to work, and there are things that have been good and bad throughout history, you can go into the 2000's and look in 2003 when taxes were cut, there were some good things and some bad things that came out of that. the good thing was, when the taxes were cut in 2003, you had, as your chart shows very clearly, you had a tremendous increase in federal revenue and you had a tremendous increase in job creation. eight million jobs were created. the bad thing that happened were that you had deficits but it wasn't because of the tax cuts, it's because more money came into the federal government but congress spent e
who went before us. and i'd be happy to yield to my good friend from louisiana. mr. scalise: you know when you look at these charts, all it really is -- you know, this is a reflection of what really happened historically. you know, they say if you don't learn from the mistakes of history, you're doomed to repeat them. and so you can flip that around and say, if you go look at what's always been proven to work, and there are things that have been good and bad throughout history, you can go into...
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so if they know that whatever they shoot at us won't land, won't blow up on us and they'll respond with overwhelming power and they haven't laid a glove on us, so to speak, then they'll be deterred, they'll say, well, gee if i throw everything at them and it won't work because they're protected with this anti-missile system and they're going to respond overwhelmingly, why the heck should we fire at them in the first place. that's why a missile defense system for the united states has been so important. that's why a missile defense system for our number one strategic military ally in the region, the jewish state of israel is so important for the united states. it will help protect israel, it will help protect american troops in the region and it will help reduce the chances of war if those who want to destroy israel know israel can survive an attack and then be ready with its own offensive response. i thank the gentleman for offering this bill and i urge my colleagues to do so as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. poe: i continue to reserve the balance of my tim
so if they know that whatever they shoot at us won't land, won't blow up on us and they'll respond with overwhelming power and they haven't laid a glove on us, so to speak, then they'll be deterred, they'll say, well, gee if i throw everything at them and it won't work because they're protected with this anti-missile system and they're going to respond overwhelmingly, why the heck should we fire at them in the first place. that's why a missile defense system for the united states has been so...